You have 3 different types of muscle: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal muscle alone accounts for over 650 different muscles. Have you ever wondered how many muscles you have in your body? The ...

Harvard Medical School researchers are designing next-gen robots that can flex, contract, and grow like human beings.

The human body is a wonderous thing, especially when you consider how intricate and efficient each bodily system is. For instance, an adult’s blood vessels could encircle the earth 2.5 times if ...

Soft tissue sarcomas are a group of rare cancers that can occur in almost any part of the body and develop in tissues like muscle, fat, and nerves. The most common types are leiomyosarcoma, ...

About 80% of people with cancer suffer from significant muscle wasting, or loss of muscle tissue, and 30% of these patients die from this condition. New research in mice finds that the severity of ...

Scientists discovered that lean pork builds muscle more effectively post-workout than high-fat pork, even with identical ...

Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is a type of cancer that develops in soft tissues, such as deep skin tissues, muscle, fat, and blood vessels. STS can occur in any part of the body, including the abdomen.